The Futures Community College Student Leadership Team is a collective group of students who are both enthusiastic and committed individuals who are the voice behind the change. The Student Leadership Team is split into 4 different categories, these categories are designed to cover all aspects of what we, as a School are trying to accomplish in moving Futures towards outstanding. Our student leaders are keen, motivated individuals who are both passionate and dedicated. The team is made up of over 30 students who have applied, been interviewed by the Head Boy and Head Girl and trained in each category. The categories are as follows:

The Well-Being Team is made up of anti-bullying ambassadors and TREAD (team respect, equality and diversity) ambassadors. The Well-Being team's role is to help ensure all students at Futures Community College feel safe and are happy and proud to be part of our school. All of our students have individual identities and this team is trying to, make sure students voices are heard and to ensure that changes to our school are made to improve it further to create a safe and happy environment. The Well-Being and TREAD team are currently working on a project which will transform an old classroom into a student friendly area which will be lead by the Well-Being and TREAD team. All students are welcome to visit this room during break and lunch time to discuss any concerns or worries they have about bullying and the general well-being of student.

The Community Team are dedicated to get Futures Community College working within the wider community. The Community Team will be working alongside local businesses, charities, primary schools and Southend Borough Council which we hope will create more positivity within the local area. The team have already been discussing a few ideas and they are looking forward to completing these outreach projects and making a positive impact on the community. The Community Team have recently been involved in the nations 'Clean for the Queen' project, the UK's biggest clean up, whereby Futures students went litter picking along the beach of Southend Seafront.

Our projects:

Clean for the Queen

Primary Liaison, coming soon!

Out in the community project, coming soon!.

The Behaviour and Rewards Team: their role is to ensure that Futures' students are rewarded for positive behaviour and to ensure that appropriate and realistic sanctions are put in place for those students who may not always follow the school rules. At present we have a Starfish rewards system for positive behaviour where students can cash in their starfish for a variety of rewards, such as Love to Shop Vouchers and Adventure Island tickets: this is an effective method of recognising students at Futures who are being successful. The team meet regularly as a group and are also involved in the staff group to provide student insight into the systems and how they could be developed further.

Our projects:

Behaviour and Rewards survey

Futures Starfish and Prizes policy, coming soon!

Futures Student Rewards, coming soon!

The Teaching and Learning Team: They will explore if Futures students know what good learning is, and how they can get the best from their lessons. Their focus currently is to work alongside teachers and provide them with student feedback on learning and provide suggestions about how a Futures’ student could learn even better. They will be sharing good practice and ideas about how we can develop practice across the school. It is important that students at Futures know what good learning is, and how they can get the best from their lessons.

Our projects:

Easter Eggstraviganza

Sports Relief

What does a Futures student look like,

How we learn

Team Projects

Leadership Team Training Day, Friday 15 January Students discussed and presented what a leader should look like, how they should act and how they can set an example around the school. With some ice breakers and team building activities 4 groups competed against one another from the marshmallow challenge to the human caterpillar.

The Leadership Team are keen to be wearing different style ties so they stand out to others and can be easily identified if help is required by staff or students. Different examples will be presented to SLT and the Head Teacher for approval. They are working with the TREAD team and have secured an anti-bullying area for all students.

Councillor Woodley Visit, Wednesday 14 MarchCouncillor Woodley gave a talk about where we are as a town and our challenges going forward. We was told about the shocking amount of poverty in our town, and how much it costs the tax payer to pick up litter we have dropped and the importance of keeping tourism up. We learned about the amazing plans in store for Southend, for example the Seaway car park is going to be a multi storey Cinema with hotel, restaurants and shops as well as plans for our School and saving energy in our own homes.